UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) November 5, 2014
CITADEL EXPLORATION, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada
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000-54639
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27-1550482
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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417 31st Street, Unit A, Newport Beach, CA
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92663
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (949) 612-8040
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Section 7 – Regulation FD
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On November 4, 2014 voters in San Benito County passed Measure J, an initiative that prevents the use of a non-exhaustive list of oil and gas production techniques including the use of steam injection. The initiative was passed by a count of 5,021 to 3,733. In advance of the initiative passing, the county preemptively passed an ordinance allowing for exemptions from the application of the Measure when the application of the Measure would result in a taking. A regulatory taking is a situation in which a government regulation limits the uses of private property to such a degree that the regulation effectively deprives the property owners of economically reasonable use or value of their property right to such an extent that it deprives them of utility or value of that property right, even though the regulation does not formally divest them of title to it.
Accordingly, Citadel Exploration Inc. will provide the County of San Benito the ability to compensate the company for the diminished value at the Indian Oil Field based on the reasonable Unrisked Resource Potential the property would ultimately yield, or allow Citadel to proceed with full field development and steam injection under the exemption ordinance.
The Company is furnishing the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K to comply with Regulation FD. Such information shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent as referenced to such filing.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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CITADEL EXPLORATION, INC.
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By: /s/ Armen Nahabedian
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Armen Nahabedian
Chief Executive Officer
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Date: November 5, 2014
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